Image by Anna Boluda

This beautiful park -one of the best ones in Barcelona, if you ask me- is a little bit far from the typical tourist places, and actually is normally pretty quiet. For me, it’s an oasis of peace just on the edge of the city. Metro station Mundet (green line) is the closest one, and then you need to walk for about 15 minutes to get there. 

The park has an open part, normally busier with neighbors from the area, and the labyrinth area, where access is limited and costs two euros (discounts are available for youth, and it’s free on Sundays and Wednesdays). 

Once you enter that part of the park, the combination of silence and birds singing makes you forget that you are in a big city. The labyrinth itself is pretty interesting, and finding the exit might be harder than it seems! Besides this there are some more areas with local plants, and the whole walk can take an hour or more. There are some nice spots to sit and read too. 

By the way, the place used to belong to a marquess family, who brought an Italian architect over to build these gardens at the beginning of the 19th century. It became public in the 1970′s. 

For me, it’s the perfect place to hide from civilization once in a while… also on the hottest sunny days, as there are some shadowed parts that are perfect for those times!

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Parc del Laberint | Relaxing | Entrance (free on Wed & Sun) € 2
Castanyers 1 | Above diagonal
10:00 – dusk daily

Image by Pedro Ghinaglia

The Turó del Putget Park is one of those beautiful green spaces this city offers to whom nature plays a very important role in any urban scene.

I consider it a lovely privilege to be there for two important reasons. The first -most of the lazy people will like this- it is very easy to visit this park and enjoy a moment of peace. The second reason is the views of Barcelona you can enjoy once you’re there at the top of the hill this park is located. You can see almost 360º around, so it’s a great spot to understand how this city works from the Tibidabo’s Mountain to the beach.

I highly recommend you start the visit from the highest side of the park. You will need to climb a long slope until reaching the top but I promise this tiny effort worth it. Feel free to take your photo camera with you and walk down until the main entry.

Shhh… Do you hear it? Hmmm… You don’t hear anything, right? That’s the idea, don’t you think? Go and enjoy.

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Turó del Putget Park | Relaxing
Manacor 9 | Above diagonal
10:00 – 18:00 daily

Image by Paola de Grenet and Sonja Poehlmann

The Collserola Natural Park is a green paradise at just a stone’s throw away from the urban Barcelona.

Guided by two Belgians, you can enjoy walking tours there that guarantee you fantastic panoramas of the city and modernist and medieval architecture in the green surroundings of the Tibidabo mountain.

It is ideal to get acquainted with Barcelona or an original ending to your visit from a bird’s perspective.

Woody Allen found this part of Barcelona so inspiring that he recorded a large part of his film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” there.

Reserve your walking tour in advance!

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Walk About Barcelona | Relaxing | Tour € 25
Las Ramblas | Above diagonal | +34620700323
Fri – Sun 10:30